Rosemary Scallon | ZoomInfo.com Q. Tell me about the name "Dana." EUobserver [cached] Rosemary Scallon speaks about the Irish referendum These Tides is the only international magazine of its kind for eurorealists of all party denominations. ... In this month's issue of These Tides, Rosemary Scallon, an Irish member of the European Parliament for the European People's Party and former winner of the 1970 Eurovision Song Contest, speaks about what happens now that the Irish public have rejected the Nice Treaty in a referendum. Website [These Tides] Printer friendly formatSend article link to a friend29.07.2001 EUobserver [cached] Rosemary Scallon speaks about the Irish referendum These Tides is the only international magazine of its kind for eurorealists of all party denominations. ... In this month's issue of These Tides, Rosemary Scallon, an Irish member of the European Parliament for the European People's Party and former winner of the 1970 Eurovision Song Contest, speaks about what happens now that the Irish public have rejected the Nice Treaty in a referendum.

Website [These Tides] Printer friendly formatSend article link to a friend29.07.2001 Fr. Ted Colleton - Interim, December 2000 continued to develop her career as a popular artist and gained particular recognition in the U.K., Europe and in the US. Throughout the 70's and 80's she had a string of hits, was voted best female artist, best TV artist, hosted series on BBC and ITV and appeared on Top of the Pops with stars such as David Bowie, Queen and Marc Bolan as well as at several royal command performances.In the 1990's she moved to the US and hosted a television series on the EWTN cable network to over 75 million homes. She has met with Presidents Ford, Reagan Clinton and Bush and met and sung for the Pope on five occasions.In 1997 Dana was the first-ever independent candidate nominated to contest Ireland's presidential election.

She shocked the political establishment by gaining 15% of the popular vote.Two years later, however, she was successful in being elected, against all the odds, as a Member of the European Parliament for Connacht / Ulster.From a childhood in the Bogside of Derry, through the maelstrom of international showbusiness, to the White House and the Vatican, to the European Parliament and all its political intrigue, Dana's story is truly astonishing.Indeed another chapter of Dana's career may have yet to be written, as there are rumours that she may contest the European elections in two years time. Similar Profiles Dana Dana Dana Rosemary Scallon, better known as Dana (born August 30, 1951), a successful former singer turned Irish politician. Dana wins the Eurovision Song Contest for Ireland in 1970 Scallon was born Rosemary Brown in Derry, Northern Ireland. In 1970 as a teenager she represented Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest, singing � All Kinds of Everything � (written by Derry Lindsay and Jackie Smith), and brought home the country�s first victory in the contest. She had some minor hits in the British and Irish music charts subsequently.

Always religious, she became more famous for singing religious songs, such as �Totus Tuus�, commemorating the visit of Pope John Paul II to Ireland in 1979. In the 1980s, she moved with her husband, Damien Scallon, and family to the United States, where they were involved with a Christian broadcasting network. She returned to Ireland in 1997 to become a candidate for the office of President of Ireland where, though an independent candidate with no party political organisation behind her, she came in a credible third, ahead of the candidate of the mainstream Labour Party. In 1999, again as an independent, she contested and won a seat in the European Parliament representing the Connacht-Ulster European elections constituency. Dana today She has declined to associate with any political party. She campaigns on �family values,� most notably in her opposition to abortion.

Her decision in 2001 to oppose a government proposed amendment to the Irish constitution to place some restrictions on abortion, which put her at variance with many pro-life organizations, the mainstream political parties and the Roman Catholic Bishops in Ireland, on the basis that in her eyes the anti-abortion amendment would introduce certain loopholes, lost her much of her original support. The defeat of that amendment was blamed on ultra-conservative elements, who were accused by other anti-abortion campaigners of destroying the likely last chance to impose stricter abortion restrictions in Ireland. Dana, Fairytale, Arrows Show - YouTube Dana, Fairytale, Arrows Show Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on May 24, 2009 Dana Rosemary Scallon (born Rosemary Brown on 30 August 1951) is better known simply as Dana, an Irish singer and former politician.

Her career began when, as an A-level student, she won the 1970 Eurovision Song Contest with the Lindsay/Smith penned "All Kinds of Everything", a subsequent worldwide million-seller. Over thirty singles and thirty albums later, Dana's career continues, now also as a leading songwriter and performer of Catholic music like "The Rosary" album, another worldwide million-seller. The singer became a popular pantomime princess her portrayal of Snow White was so successful it lasted fourteen years, including an extended season in the West End of London. Her talent for charming the children was recognised when she was chosen to star in three Children's Royal Variety Shows. She ran in the Irish presidential election of 1997 and surprised everyone with her performance. Basing her campaign on the Irish Constitution, Dana Rosemary Scallon (Independent), an early-priced 100/1 outsider, finished third with double the votes of the one-time-favourite Labour Party candidate. Within two years this surprising newcomer to politics had become an MEP Connaught-Ulster's first female member of the European Parliament. This single made #13 in the UK charts in 1976.

"Fairytale" - lyrics: Map of Dana Rosemary Scallon - The Full Wiki The Full Wiki Top rankings for Dana Rosemary Scallon 51st Wikipedia article: Map showing all locations mentioned on Wikipedia article: Dana Rosemary Scallon (born Rosemary Brown on 30 August 1951) is better known simply as Dana, an Irish singer and former politician. Her career began when, as an A-level student, she won the 1970 Eurovision Song Contest with the Lindsay/Smith penned " All Kinds of Everything ", a subsequent worldwide million-seller. Over thirty singles and thirty albums later, Dana's career continues, now also as a leading songwriter and performer of Catholic music – like "The Rosary" album, another worldwide million-seller. The singer became a popular pantomime princess – her portrayal of Snow White was so successful it lasted fourteen years, including an extended season in the West End of London . Her talent for charming the children was recognised when she was chosen to star in three Children's Royal Variety Shows. She ran in the 1997 Irish presidential election and surprised everyone with her performance.

Basing her campaign on the Constitution of Ireland , Dana Rosemary Scallon ( Independent ), an early-priced 100/1 outsider, finished third with double the votes of the one-time-favourite Labour Party candidate. Within two years this surprising newcomer to politics had become an MEP – Connacht–Ulster 's first female member of the European Parliament . . Her father, who worked as a porter at nearby King's Cross station , was a native of Derry , Northern Ireland ; he'd been forced to relocate his family due to the high unemployment there after the war . Dana was five when her parents were again forced to move, this time because of the London smog and the harmful affect it had on some of their children; their doctor recommended they return to the cleaner air of Derry, just as London decided to clean up its act . She grew up in Londonderry's Creggan housing estate , attending the Holy Child's Infant School and St Eugene's Primary School before Thornhill College welcomed her in 1963. In 1967 the family moved to an area known as the Bogside , overlooked by the historic city walls.

Their three-bedroomed home was on the fifth-floor of one of three blocks of new flats in Rossville Street. Although much admired at the time, these nine-storey apartment blocks were demolished after twenty years. Her parents were musical – dad played the trumpet in his own dance band, The Imperial All Stars, and mum was their star pianist – and they passed on their love of music to their three sons and three daughters. They had seven children in all, but third-born Grace died from a penicillin allergy , aged eight months. Fifth-born and youngest daughter Rosemary won the first talent contest she entered: an all-aged event at St Columb's Hall where the singing six-year-old stole the show. Her childhood was filled with music and dance – she was taught to play the piano and violin, taught herself to play the acoustic guitar, sang in the school choir, and loved her ballet lessons so much she considered becoming a ballet teacher. She took part in many more contests and festivals ( feiseanna ), adding to her early success. In the early sixties she began performing with her sisters, Eileen and Susan. The trio were praised for their singing in charity concerts organised by their father.

Then Eileen chose hairdressing over harmonising and left to study in Birmingham, leaving behind a duo who managed to secure a summer season at the Palladium. This Portrush theatre booking was later followed by Decca Records offering the pair a recording contract (helped by their Aunt Rosaleen and her friend in the music industry). But Susan chose marriage over music and left to live in America with her new husband (a member of the United States Air Force). In 1965, the now solo Rosemary Brown took part in a folk music competition at the Embassy Ballroom on Strand Road; stage fright caused her to perform with eyes closed, but it didn't stop her taking first prize: a chance to record a demo tape . Tony Johnston, a headmaster and part-time promoter who sponsored the competition, took her under his wing while she prepared for her GCE O-levels . After gaining seven good grades in her exams, Rex Records (Decca) in Dublin received her demo and manager Michael Geoghegan promptly signed her up. Her debut single was "Sixteen", written by Tony Johnston, while the B-side , "Little Girl Blue", was her own composition.

It came out on 17 November 1967, but failed to take off, though local TV and radio began to show an interest in her. A new name was needed for her singing career – "Rosemary Brown" was out, but her school nickname was in – "Dana". Her classmates chose the name ( Gaelic for "bold" or "mischievous") because of her habit of practising judo moves on them, moves her judo-loving eldest sister Eileen had practised on her. Now studying A-level music and English, she became popular in Dublin's cabaret and folk clubs, travelling the 150 miles there at weekends. On Easter Saturday 1968, adorned in a long red floral dress, Dana arrived in Dublin to be driven slowly through cheering crowds in an open-topped white Rolls Royce, part of a motorcade heading for Clontarf Castle . After a few speeches and a fanfare she found herself centre-stage on a throne with a tiara on her head – crowned Queen of Cabaret.

Rex Records' Phil Mitton suggested she audition for the Irish National Song Contest, due to take place in February 1969 – a victory would see her compete in the Eurovision Song Contest in Spain on 29 March. With mixed feelings she made it through to the final in Dublin where she sang "Look Around" by Michael Reade (released as her fourth single). Shown live all over Ireland , a nervous Dana came second (lacking in confidence, she prayed she wouldn't win). Her future, she later decided, lay in passing her A-levels and training to become a teacher in music and English. 1970s – all kinds of everything Tom McGrath, head of Light Entertainment at RTÉ and producer of the Irish National Song Contest, invited her in December '69 to try again in next years event. The now "retired" singer, busy revising for her upcoming exams, accepted his invitation and treated the occasion as her swan song . However, this time she won with "All Kinds of Everything", a song the producer thought would suit her, hence the invite.

This mid-tempo ballad became her next single; Phil Coulter , also from Derry and the co-writer of " Puppet on a String " and " Congratulations ", provided the musical arrangement for the Ray Horricks production, released on 14 March. Derry Lindsay and Jackie Smith were the winning composers. These two amateur songwriters, both twenty-eight and working as compositors for a Dublin newspaper, joined Dana to represent the Republic of Ireland in the 1970 Eurovision Song Contest, held that year in Amsterdam on Saturday 21 March. She was the last of twelve to appear that night in front of two-hundred million viewers. "Do not screw this up", she told herself when her turn arrived. Wearing an embroidered white mini dress, she chose to perform her song while perched on a stool. Her three minutes "were like three seconds". The UK's Mary Hopkin (hot favourite with "Knock Knock Who's There" and already famous for " Those Were The Days ") and Spain's Julio Iglesias (not yet famous) were just two of her more fancied competitors. Dana beat them all with a faultless performance. It was Ireland's first of many successes in the show .

Despite winning the biggest song-contest in the world , she still believed a future in teaching was waiting for her back home, once all the fuss had died down. Scenes reminiscent of Beatlemania greeted her triumphant return to Dublin Airport the following Monday. Dublin's dignitaries gave her an official state welcome. Her "Operation Dana" emblazoned plane then took her to RAF Ballykelly (there was no Derry airport ) – the first time a passenger flight from the Republic had flown to Northern Ireland. Crowds lined the streets as she made a fifteen-mile journey in a black limousine to the Guildhall in Derry. Thousands were gathered outside the hall where a civic reception was waiting to honour her. For safety reasons, the 5 ft 4 in star, whose progress was prematurely halted by the mass of people, was carried from car to building shoulder high "like a carcass". It was after midnight before she arrived home, exhausted. She described the journey to her Bogside flat as like "breaking into Colditz", with flowers, fruit and fans everywhere (she eventually fell asleep to the sound of the crowd outside singing that song).

Dana's victory was something to celebrate for the people of Derry – the Troubles had not long started and the Battle of the Bogside had not long finished – a three-day battle she'd witnessed from Rossville Flats, the place that was soon to play a major part in the Bloody Sunday tragedy. This now eighteen-year-old schoolgirl took the winning song (b/w Johnston's "Channel Breeze") to the top of the Irish singles chart for nine weeks and the UK singles chart for two weeks (replacing " Bridge Over Troubled Water "). She also topped the charts in places as far away as Australia, South Africa and Singapore. Her first hit soon became a million-seller. While still at #1 she made her debut LP, recorded with an orchestra in just two days; All Kinds of Everything contained four songs she co-wrote (using the name Brown instead of Dana). It was in the shops by June, before its namesake had finished a chart run that lasted sixteen weeks. Jerry Lordan's "I Will Follow You", the follow-up to her famous 45, failed to follow in its formidable footsteps, failing even to feature in the Fab 50.

A disappointed Dana met with her agent – he told her she could "go back to Derry and live a normal life or stay here and fight!" Not wishing to be remembered as a one hit wonder (like Norman Greenbaum , who replaced her at #1), she stayed, and put everything into her next single, "Who Put the Lights Out" by Paul Ryan . Released in January 1971, this sad song cheered her up by spending eleven weeks in the chart where it made #14; Ireland and Europe also made it a hit. There then followed a run of six chart failures, although one, Crossword Puzzle, written by Lynsey de Paul and Barry Blue , gained radio plays and an appearance on Top of the Pops . This lack of success caused her agent to call time on Rex Records; Dick Katz, a jazz pianist who played on all the Goon Shows , had represented stars like Jimi Hendrix , Dusty Springfield and Lulu . He recommended, in 1974, that she join Dick Leahy (former head of Bell Records UK ) on his new GTO record label.

Her first release for them, "Please Tell Him That I Said Hello" by Shepstone/Dibbens, put her back in the chart for over three months after an absence of over three years; it reached #8 in 1975. "Are You Still Mad At Me" came next but was only a radio hit. Top songwriters Greenaway / Stephens , who wrote that song, offered up their latest creation, written with her in mind: "It's Gonna be a Cold Cold Christmas" – recorded and rush-released in late November 1975 – quickly climbed to #4. It became a classic festive favourite (one she shoehorned into her Cinderella panto in Oxford, co-starring Roy Hudd ). An album of her festive favourites arrived twenty-two years later: Forever Christmas contained popular songs, carols and a rockin' six-minute version of the Advent hymn O come, O come, Emmanuel . Dana, by now a household name, was in demand everywhere. She played the part of a tinker girl in the Flight of the Doves (1971), a children's adventure film starring Ron Moody and Jack Wild .

Director Ralph Nelson 's previous movie was the violent Soldier Blue . Her acting impressed Jack Wild's agent enough to want to sign her up, but it was her singing that got her the part: she was to give a Gaelic/English rendition on acoustic guitar of Roy Budd 's "The Far Off Place". Returning to her hotel after filming one day, still dressed like a "bag of chaff", they threatened to call the police if she didn't go away. Summer seasons and pantomimes were keen to work with her – as was a rock festival in Holland where, due to a booking error, she had to face a cool reception from a crowd of headbangers , who warmed to her in the end. She undertook many concert tours, both home and abroard, and starred in well-known venues like the Royal Albert Hall and the Royal Festival Hall ; with Tom Jones she played a week of sell-out shows at the London Palladium . Cabaret clubs were popular in the 70s and she appeared at the best: the Batley Variety Club and London's Talk of the Town – the "Queen of Cabaret" was voted Top Female Vocalist at the National Club Acts Awards in 1979.

Numerous TV appearances were made to promote her records; she was a regular on pop music programmes like Top of the Pops and light entertainment shows such as The Two Ronnies . BBC Television gave her two shows of her own: a series of A Day With Dana in 1974 and four series of Wake Up Sunday in 1979. BBC Radio followed suit with a series of I Believe in Music in 1977. Her busiest and most successful period came in 1975, the year she celebrated two Top 10 hits and collected two major awards – Best Female Singer in Britain from the NME and Best Female Singer on Television from the TV Times . The success continued into 1976 – her Cinderella panto in Oxford became "the biggest money spinner of its kind in England" and "Never Gonna Fall in Love Again" ( Eric Carmen ) followed "Cold Cold Christmas" into the Top 40. Her fortune changed dramatically in September when her father, who was also her personal manager, survived a major heart attack. A fortnight later she too was being operated on: while promoting her next single, "Fairytale" by Paul Greedus, she lost her voice.

Her left vocal cord, which had been cauterized the year before, required urgent surgery to remove a growth (non-malignant) as well as a small part of the cord itself. One newspaper reported that "DANA MAY NEVER SING AGAIN", just one of a number of sensational headlines that gave her cause for concern during a long and difficult convalescence. In spite of these setbacks "Fairytale" lived up to its name and became her third hit in a row; its chart run of sixteen weeks peaked at #13. It also did well in several other countries, especially in Latin America – in Guatemala it was a #1. On Thursday 5 October 1978, Dana married Damien Scallon, a hotelier and businessman from Newry . Their wedding was held in the same church her parents were married in: St Eugene's Cathedral in Derry. Factories and schools in the area were given a half-day holiday to enable her fans to witness this special occasion – so many turned up that it took the newly-weds nearly four hours to reach the reception. After a three-week honeymoon in Grenada they set up home in Rostrevor .

The couple first met in 1970 when she was given the rare honour of having a street named after her, though not in her home town, but Hilltown – Dana Place was 97 miles from Dana's place in Derry. After the naming ceremony a reception was held in Damien's Ardmore Hotel in Newry. Two years later their paths crossed again and they became friends. Within a year of their wedding Damien's hotel was completely destroyed by IRA bombs. GTO Records released her fifth LP of the decade in 1979. The Girl is Back was her comeback album after her career-threatening operation. This Barry Blue production gave her a contemporary sound and a Top 50 single – an amusing four-minute calorie burner known as "Something's Cookin' in the Kitchen" (D. Jordan), a dance number given the music-video treatment. Her repaired vocal cord was put to the test on the song's complex harmonies, written as a favour by fellow GTO recording artiste Rod Temperton of Heatwave . Although Dana had at last recovered her voice, she lost her long-time agent/manager and friend Dick Katz, who died that year.

A new phase in her career began after Pope John Paul II came to Ireland in September 1979, inspiring her to write with her husband the Irish chart-topper "Totus Tuus". 1980s – family matters Dana's parents had a strong sense of religious duty; she and her siblings were taught the importance of daily prayer and of going to Mass on Sundays. Despite a few doubts along the way, she never lost her faith. After becoming famous, she was often invited to take part in religious shows, like Sing a New Song for the BBC in 1971. That led to an appearance before 20,000 people in Hyde Park for the Christian Festival of Light , the climax of a rally against " sexploitation ". Epilogues for Southern TV followed, and then a Christian documentary, Who is Rosemary Brown, was made in 1974. BBC Radio asked her to present a thirteen-week Christian show called I Believe in Music, broadcast in 1977. It was previously hosted by her idol, Cliff Richard . Then came the Wake Up Sunday series.

These popular Sunday morning shows had her calling on different primary schools in the country and teaching the children about life, using song, dance and drama, with examples taken from the bible . She and Damien wrote their first Christian song, "Praise the Lord", while on honeymoon in 1978. In 1979, soon after Pope John Paul II had visited Drogheda in Ireland, Damien suggested they write a song based on his motto. Ironically, Dana missed seeing the Pope in person due to her commitments to Wake Up Sunday. The song they came up with was the commercial "Totus Tuus" (Totally Yours). It entered the Irish singles chart on 16 December 1979 and stayed there for nine weeks, reaching number one. The much larger American Christian market became a possible outlet for their music, so a visit was made to the National Religious Broadcasters' conference in Washington , opened by US President Jimmy Carter . This spontaneous trip was rewarded by a recording contract with Word Records . Meanwhile, Warwick Records issued "Everything is Beautiful" in late 1980.

Subtitled "Twenty Inspirational Songs", the album contained covers of pop classics like " Let it Be ", " Morning Has Broken " and " My Sweet Lord ". It was followed by "Totally Yours" in 1981, her first Christian album for Word. Included on the album was "Little Baby", a song written by Dana and Damien for their first child, Grace, born 18 January 1981. Her summer season in Torquay with impressionist Peter Goodwright, gave the Scallon family a five month "break" by the sea. At the end of the summer, Dana travelled to Norway to perform in an open air concert featuring all but seven of the Eurovision Song Contest winners. Dana was in fact the only performer who lip-synched her Eurovision winner at the concert. She was soon back in the studios again to make "Magic" in 1982, a pop album for Lite Records. It included four songs by her younger brothers, John and Gerald. Dana released the official world cup song for the Northern Ireland football team, "Yer Man", which was recorded with the full squad heading to Spain for the finals.

Then came another summer season, this time it was in Blackpool with Little and Large . Next came the recording of her second album for Word, "Let There Be Love", containing a variety of tracks from up-tempo to an old Irish hymn sung in Gaelic. The pantomime season followed and Dana was off to Hull where she starred in a production of Snow White. Falling pregnant again, Dana gave birth to her second daughter, Susanna Ruth, on 18 August 1983. Christmas time arrived to find the mother-of-two playing the part of Snow White once more. So popular had been the production in Hull that it had now transferred to the West End . There it played to packed houses and the original seven-week run was extended to twelve. One young boy caused the poisoned Snow White to " corpse " after shouting out for everyone to hear, "You stupid thing, I told you not to eat it!". A tour of America took place in 1984 to promote the Word LPs. She spread the word in concert halls, churches and colleges, as well as TV and radio.

The tour was a success but it nearly didn't happen; her outgoing flight began to shed debris as it passed over Reading , necessitating a return to Heathrow for an emergency landing. Billy Graham's Mission England gave Dana a platform; she had previously performed at his Boston crusades. Great Yarmouth was the venue for her summer season with Tom O'Connor , and Westminster Hospital was the venue for the birth of her son, John-James, delivered to the sound of fireworks on 5 November 1984. Then another run of Snow White panto's, this time in Wolverhampton , brought a familiar end to another busy year. After fifteen years in show business, Hodder and Stoughton published her first book, Dana – An Autobiography, in 1985. Often funny, it told of her close-knit family life, her infant years in London and schooldays in Derry, ballet lessons, music lessons, talent contests, song contests, the start of the Troubles, the road to Eurovision, life as a pop star, panto's, romance, marriage and motherhood – and why she boiled eggs for five hours to make a salad.

It also told of her growing devotion to God that led her to become a Catholic music singer. Dana finally got to see the Pope in 1987 at the Superdome in New Orleans . She was invited to perform "Totus Tuus" before a gathering of 80,000 or more. The 80s ended as they had begun – with Dana pregnant. She gave birth to Robert on 25 August 1989 in Newry. The Scallon family was now complete. Throughout this decade, the musician and composer Peter Moss was her producer, arranger, musical director as well as playing various instruments on her albums. 1990s – USA to MEP in the United States , where Damien was now working as the manager for retreats at the traditional Catholic broadcasting network, EWTN . Dana hosted shows for them on TV and radio, called Say Yes and We Are One Body.She became a popular Catholic music singer and released many albums with HeartBeat Records , America's leading Catholic music label. Dana appeared at conferences and public gatherings across the States.

One such occasion was in Cherry Creek State Park, Denver, Colorado, in 1993: To help celebrate the sixth World Youth Day , she was invited to sing her song "We Are One Body", the theme song for the event, live to the Pope. She also sang at the World Youth Day celebrations held in Paris (1997), in Toronto (2002), and in Sydney (2008). In 1997, before returning home to Ireland, she received US citizenship , making her a dual Irish and US citizen. After returning home to Ireland, Dana Rosemary Scallon became a candidate for the office of President of Ireland . She stood as an independent . She came third, ahead of the Labour Party candidate, but losing out to Mary McAleese . In 1999, again as an independent, she won a seat in the European Parliament , representing the Connacht–Ulster European Parliament constituency. She campaigned on family values and her opposition to abortion . She refused to associate with any political party. However Fianna Fáil made several approaches to her to join.

2000s – Politics Scallon in 2001 opposed a proposed amendment to the Irish constitution that would legalise the 'morning after pill' and IUD . The amendment was defeated in a referendum in 2002, although it was supported by the mainstream political parties. Scallon also had public disagreements at the time with the Catholic hierarchy (notably with Cardinal Desmond Connell ), the latter wishing instead to negotiate a consensus solution. In 2002, she contested a seat in Galway West in the Irish general election, again as an independent. She lost, scoring a mere 3.5% of the constituency vote (the low score might be seen as a backlash against her stance in the previous abortion referendum, or the perception that she was a "blow-in" to the constituency). In June 2004, Scallon lost her European Parliament seat, taking 13.5% of the vote. Later that year she failed to secure a nomination to the office of President of Ireland against the uncontested incumbent.

(All her election results are listed at Elections Ireland .) In February 2005, Dana returned to the world of entertainment when she spent time on the RTÉ television series "The Afternoon Show" (she took part in a weight loss challenge preceding her daughter's summer wedding). In 2006, she and dancer Ronan McCormack were paired together in the RTÉ celebrity dance series Celebrity Jigs 'n' Reels . They made it to the final show and came second. Also in 2006, Dana and Damien launched their own music label, DS Music Productions . One of the first albums released was "Totus Tuus", a compilation of songs dedicated to the memory of Pope John Paul II and issued on the anniversary of his death. A children's album was released in 2007, entitled "Good Morning Jesus: Prayers & Songs for Children of All Ages". It featured in a special series on EWTN. Early in 2007 Dana, her husband Damien, and their company DS Music Productions were sued by Heartbeat Records for copyright violations for several of the albums they released under their new label.

In July 2007, she was a guest judge for the final of Belfast CityBeat radio contest Young Star Search . Scallon has spoken at many colleges and universities in Ireland and America, where she talks about Ireland, her views around the European Union, as well as the relationship between Europe and the United States. She received an Honorary Doctorate at one appearance in Stonehill College in Massachusetts . In November 2007, Dana took out a new album, with highlights including a newly composed song pleading for peace in Ireland, a version of the Johnny Cash hit ‘A Thing Called Love’ and a rendering of the Carpenters’ number ‘A Kind Of Hush.’ At the end of 2007, Scallon is due to publish a new autobiography In 2009, Dana became a judge on the All Ireland Talent Show. Discography Dana Rosemary Scallon Profile - Metacritic Sign up Dana Rosemary Scallon Biography: Dana Rosemary Scallon was born Rosemary Brown on August 30, 1951 to a devout Catholic family in Derry, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

Along with brother Gerry and sister Susan, she grew up during ï¿½The Troubles,ï¿½ that is during the more than 30 years of deadly bombing attacks, gunfights, and strife between Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland. Up the street from the Brown family also lived the family of actress Roma Downey, who has also publicly recalled the terror of the times. Rosemary attended a parish school and learned music from a dear friend and religious sister working at the school. Soon she was entering local and regional song competitions with some success. In 1969, Rosemary was asked to represent all of Ireland (the Republic and the North) in the prestigious Eurovision Song Competition with the tune ï¿½Look Around.ï¿½ Because she felt her given name "Rosemary Brown" was too long to use professionally, this performer chose to useDana Rosemary Scallon was born Rosemary Brown on August 30, 1951 to a devout Catholic family in Derry, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

Along with brother Gerry and sister Susan, she grew up during ï¿½The Troubles,ï¿½ that is during the more than 30 years of deadly bombing attacks, gunfights, and strife between Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland. Up the street from the Brown family also lived the family of actress Roma Downey, who has also publicly recalled the terror of the times. Rosemary attended a parish school and learned music from a dear friend and religious sister working at the school. Soon she was entering local and regional song competitions with some success. In 1969, Rosemary was asked to represent all of Ireland (the Republic and the North) in the prestigious Eurovision Song Competition with the tune ï¿½Look Around.ï¿½ Because she felt her given name "Rosemary Brown" was too long to use professionally, this performer chose to use the name "Dana" -- an old Gaelic word meaning "bold" or "mischievous." Later she learned that there was another Dana in history who was queen of an ancient Irish tribe that had been dedicated to music, poetry, and dance.

So, being true to her new name, Dana sang her heart out at the 1969 Song Competition. She came in second place and returned to Ireland. Rosemary had entered Thornhill College and was studying to become an English teacher, but in 1970, she was again asked to represent Ireland by singing the "bubblegum" jazz tune ï¿½All Kinds of Everythingï¿½ in the Eurovision competition to be held in Amsterdam that year. This time she won the competition beating out Julio Iglesias who represented Spain that year. Upon returning to Derry, Dana, her mother, and her grandmother (who had acoompanied her to Amsterdam), were met at the airport by 5000 new adoring fans. When all of Ireland learned of her Eurovision win -- the first for Ireland, ever -- Irish army leaders called a cease-fire in the country. A state of celebration began with peace and harmony existing for days. Dana had become an overnight singing sensation. The commotion now surrounding her prevented her from returning to college. ï¿½All Kinds of Everythingï¿½ became a number one hit in countries all over Europe.

Danaï¿½s success was followed by other hits including ï¿½Fairytale.ï¿½ She had become such a familiar personality on TV, that one British magazine voted her ï¿½The Most Popular Girl on Television.ï¿½ She even traveled to the United States to appear on "The Tonight Show" with Johnny Carson. In 1971, she did her first full-length motion picture performing the role of ï¿½Sheilaï¿½ in the childrenï¿½s film ï¿½Flight of the Dovesï¿½ starring Jack Wild of ï¿½Oliver!ï¿½ and ï¿½H.R. Pufnstuffï¿½ fame. Dana also sang the tune "The Far Off Place" in both Gaelic and English in the film. In 1978, Dana married Damien Scallon becoming Rosemary Scallon. Dana and Damien visited Hollywood, but decided not to move there, in spite of Dana's growing popularity, because they did not want to raise their children in that environment. The couple started to write songs, Christian tunes, together.

When Pope John Paul II visited the Shrine to Our Lady of Knock (County Galway, Ireland), Dana and Damien were moved to write ï¿½Totus Tuusï¿½ in tribute to the pontiffï¿½s motto. Another song, ï¿½Little Baby Yet Unknownï¿½ was written as a lullaby for her beloved unborn daughter when Dana was threatened with a miscarriage. The baby survived and eventually the Scallons were blessed with a total of four children -- two boys and two girls. In the 1980ï¿½s, Dana started producing more Christian music and recordings. Husband Damien would co-write songs with Dana while brother Gerry produced a number of songs. In the 1990ï¿½s, she was invited to appear on Mother Angelicaï¿½s television program on EWTN. Dana was so popular that she was invited to host a permanent TV series. So she and Damien moved to Birmingham with their children. While Dana hosted the program ï¿½Say Yesï¿½ for five years, Damien worked for the network directing programs for pilgrims visiting the fledgling network. Dana grew in popularity amongst Catholic Americans singing at concerts and conferences.

She sang in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in October of 1993 and in Albuquerque, New Mexico in August of 1996. She sang at two World Youth Days with Pope John Paul II presiding. Her tune ï¿½We Are One Bodyï¿½ became the theme of one of those events. During 1997, while starting a new EWTN TV program ("We Are One Body"), Dana felt called to run for the Irish Presidency. Though she had only lived in the Republic for a few weeks in her life, she wanted the Irish people to have a choice in an election since seven years earlier President Mary Robinson had basically appointed her successor, President Mary McAleese, without competition or public dialogue on the matter. Whereas this was a legal endeavor, she started to use her married name "Rosemary Scallon" publicly. Because most of the voting public knew her just as "Dana," though, she simply tacked that name on in the beginning of her full name and thus became known as "Dana Rosemary Scallon." Mrs. Scallon came in a respectable third place in the 1997 presidential election.

Eventually, she was elected to the position of Member of the European Parliament from Connacht-Ulster (for the new European Economic Union or EU). Once again, Dana was representing Ireland to Europe. She was persistently pro-life in all of her votes, speeches, and dealings with the EU. She also staunchly defended the pro-life Irish Constitution against detractors in the EU Parliament. Eventually she was dubbed ï¿½Irelandï¿½s Pro-Life Heroine.ï¿½ A snippet from one of her many speeches clearly showcases this position: ï¿½As a matter of conscience and of my own integrity, my position must remain the same as it has always been - that I uphold the dignity of every human being from conception to natural death.ï¿½ In 2002, Mrs. Scallon ran for the position of Teachtaí Dála (TD) from Galway West to represent that area in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. She did not win that campaign. A highlight of 2004, was when Mrs. Scallon was given the St.

Benedetto award by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI, for her work to advance laws protecting the unnorn and the sacredness of all life. She eventually lost MEP re-election attempts, although she did better than opinion polls suggested whe would. Mrs. Scallon next tried to run for the Irish presidency again in 2004, but was unable to garner the required backing of 20 members of the Dáil/Seanad Éireann or that of 4 administrative county governments. At one point, the government in power was accused of forcing local representatives to not give their support to opposition candidates. Mrs. Scallon even asked the president in office , Mary McAleese, to step down from office to force an election; however, that never happened and Mrs. McAleese assumed leadership over the Irish people without any dialogue, opposition, or elections thanking everyone (including her hand picked Prime Minister) for their support. As a private citizen, Dana started to appear on entertainment television again in Ireland. These included a weight-loss challenge on RTEï¿½s ï¿½The Afternoon Showï¿½ as she prepared for her eldest daughterï¿½s wedding.

She also made a guest appearance on a cooking show, "The Restaurant," also the RTE Network. Dana re-entered the political fray, somewhat, as a private citizen in 2005, when she vocally supported efforts to get the Irish government to close all businesses as a moment of mourning on the day of Pope John Paul II's funeral in Rome. Although the Mary McAleese government had already called for a week of official mourning without any consequence, numerous Irishmen had booked flights to Rome to attend the funeral so many businesses had reduced work forces that day anyway. Dana placed second in the 2006 celebrity challenge series ï¿½Celebrity Jigs ï¿½nï¿½ Reels.ï¿½ In this series, Irish celebrities were paired with professional Irish step dancers. The couple had to learn a new dance (set to modern music) each week for a live TV presentation. Viewers then voted for their favorites forcing the dancers who received the lowest weekly scores to leave the competition.

Perhaps if Danaï¿½s partner had not injured himself in rehearsals for the finals, meaning that Dana had to perform with a brand new, substitute, dance partner on the live finals broadcast, she might have won the competition for her preferred charity: Irish Hospice. In 2006, Dana and Damien set up their own production company ï¿½ DS Music ï¿½ selling new and re-mixed versions of Danaï¿½s music. Much to the delight of her fans, Dana also started to appear and sing at concerts and conferences in the US and the rest of the world. In October of that year Dana participated in the Childrenï¿½s Worldwide Holy Hour at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. 2007 opened with Dana returning to perform in her hometown of Derry the weekend of Jan 6-7 for the first time in ten years. She sang at the the Millenium Forum Theatre and Conference Center in Derry as part of the Do Ye Come Here Often concert series. When performing as part of that series in Belfast, Dana received a standing ovation.

In an interview with Ulster TV about the upcoming concert, Dana commented "I hope nobody in Derry has forgotten me after 10 years without a song." They didn't. In 2011, Dana ran for President of the Republic of Ireland. The fact that she held dual citizenship with both the United States and Ireland was held against her. The remainder of the campaign was distracted by the decision by her American sister and niece to make claims against Dana's brother at the same time as the campaign. So the presidency was lost.… Expand Dana Rosemary Scallon - Free definitions by Babylon Dana Rosemary Scallon Download this dictionary Dana Rosemary Scallon Dana Rosemary Scallon (born Rosemary Brown on 30 August 1951), known in her singing career as Dana, is an Irish singer and former Member of the European Parliament (MEP). Video results for the word "Dana Rosemary Scallon" The following video provides you with the correct English pronunciation of the word "Dana Rosemary Scallon", to help you become a better English speaker.

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